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Interesting bean recipes?

I kind of love dried beans. I buy them by the sackful, all different colours. I find their shiny rattly smoothness appealing. But I have only three or four recipes for them. So my cupboards are overflowing.

I had great good luck on here before, asking for a simple creamy beans recipe. Now I'm wondering if you can just give me your favourite bean recipes, no holds barred, as faffy as you like, to help me make a dent in this bean mountain. Mains, sides, soups, whatever you like.

I currently have cannelini beans, black beans and "white kidney beans" (don't ask me, they look like big cannelini beans) but I always feel one bean is much like another, with very few exceptions, so recipes for all varieties are welcome.

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Hmmm just noted that red kidney beans and chickpeas are the ones you haven't got! But I am like you and find I can interchange, and I prefer the Nigerian stew above when made with black beans. I hope you like it!

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If you do get some red kidney beans , I will suggest rajma too. Although respectfully to Joy I would suggest this recipe instead. I use the term recipe somewhat loosely as the responder to the question I asked just gave a general outline of the how assuming a certain level of ability to judge amounts.

check out her blog page at the bottom of that post for some great vegetarian indian recipes that are more specific.

I make this rajma every so often and in fact earlier this week was saying that I needed to buy some small red kidney beans to make it again soon. The ghee is key though, and a good amount of ginger and a not overpowering hand with the other spices. I don't think she mentioned it specifically but the order of adding the spice early to the browned onions and ginger before the toms is key in that those kinds of dried spices just taste better if they are fried/cooked out before liquid is added.

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I love all beans! Last night I made sauteed canellini beans with spigariello (a type of broccoli rabe that I blanched first) with garlic, olive oil and chili flakes. It accompanied a salmon filet. You could use kale or spinach instead if you can't find spigariello or any dark leafy green.

For the Superbowl I served a black bean dip made with onions, garlic, cumin, cilantro, olive oil and a touch of vinegar. It was especially good with tortilla chips.

Most Texans would argue with me but I like to add beans to my chili, along with diced bell peppers.

I always have black beans or red kidney beans in my fridge, I have a salad for lunch every day and they make a great addition scattered in.

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koukouvagia wrote:

I love all beans! Last night I made sauteed canellini beans with spigariello (a type of broccoli rabe that I blanched first) with garlic, olive oil and chili flakes. It accompanied a salmon filet. You could use kale or spinach instead if you can't find spigariello or any dark leafy green.

I make something similar to this, but i use Kale instead. We usually have it growing in the garden in the summer.

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